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Common Names
Commom Licorice; Licorice; Smooth Licorice; Licorice-Root
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-ASPARTIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| LAVANDOLOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAVANDULOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOCHALCONE-A | 28 | Root | not available | 250.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOCHALCONE-B | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOCOUMARONE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| LICOCOUMARONE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOFLAVANONE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 4900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOFLAVONE-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOFLAVONOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOISOFLAVANONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| LICOISOFLAVONE-A | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOISOFLAVONE-B | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOISOFLAVONE-C | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICOPYRANOCOUMARIN | 7 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICORIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| LICORICIDIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LICORICONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| LICURASIDE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| LICUROSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor | 2 | Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima. |
| Cytotoxic | 12 | Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991. |
| Cytotoxic (Breast) | 1 | Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219. |
| Cytotoxic (Colon) | 1 | Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219. |
| Cytotoxic (Lung) | 1 | Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219. |
| Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Decongestant | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Demulcent | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dentifrice | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Deodorant | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermal | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Dermatitigenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |